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`JORAM PRIEST, OF DE-TROIT,IMICHIGVAN.

4Letters Patent 170. 74,131, dated February 4, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN DUMPING-WAGQN.

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To ALL WHoM IT MAY CONCERN:4

Be it known that I, .JORAM PRIEST, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invii-tilted a. new and useful Improvement in Dumping-Wagons; and do declare that the following is a true Yandaccurate description thoreof,.rcfere nce being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification.

This invention consists in `so 'constructing a wagon that the box may he readily a'nd Vezis-ly'enlptied its' contents, by dumping or tilting to the rear of the wagont i In order to accomplish this, I construct a wagon, the forward part of which is made in the ordinary method,

A being the axle, B the wheels, C the circle, and I) the bolster. To the bolster D, I attach longitudinal bars, E, extending toward the rear of the wagon, and their opposite ends being :ittcheil to the crank-axle F, upon which are placed the hind wheels G. At a proper point on the longitudinal barsE, I fast-en proper bearings, H, for the semi-rotating trsinsverse bar I, to which the box Jis secured, and which acts a'safulcrnm, upon which the hon turns. This transverse bar'I should be placed `:1t or near the centre of the length of the box, s o that the box will be lnearly balance-l upon it., K is a transverse bar, fastened near the front end of Vthe box, and

extending a little beyond the same, on eitner side, which forms a hearing to rest upon the longitudinal bars E.

L are rings attached to the ends of the transverse bar K, which are slipped over the catch M, to hold tho boi:

in a horizontal position when desired; The box may he held, however, in this position, by any other convenient device. In the way above described, I am able to build a wagon for the purposes designated, which will operate readily, by allowing the box to dump or tiltbetween the hind wheels, upon a fulerurn placed between `the front and hindwheels, will cost but little if any more than awagon of ordinary construction, and will'be'equally asstrong. f i i l What I claim as my' invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Hanging thebox J uponthe longitudinalbars E, by a proper ful'crum between the front and hind wheels, so that the box ,will tilt or .dump between the hind wheels.

El. 'IheY crank-axleF, when operating for the purposes herein described.

'3. ,The semi-rotating bar I and-bearings ILwhenconstructed 4and operating substantially as andV for the purposes set fort'h. 4 v

4. The combination oi" the above, partsvwi-ththe axle A, the wheels Band G, the circle C, the bolster` l),

'the wagon-box J, the. transverse lbar K, the rings L, and' the catch M,` or their equivalents, when constructed and operating as and for the purposes herein set forth.

' i JORAM PRIEST.

Witnesses:

v H. S. Srnseun,

H. Gr. HANNAMA'N. 

